Lewis Bloor flies solo as he arrives at Fred Sirieix’s love book launch without girlfriend Marnie Simpson
Was the Celebrity Big Brother star out to pick up tips on how to romance his Geordie love?
LEWIS Bloor raised eyebrows on Thursday evening - by attending a love book launch without girlfriend Marnie Simpson.
The Celebrity Big Brother hunk arrived at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel in London to celebrate First Date star Fred Sirieix's new release, First Dates, The Art of Love, but his Geordie Shore lover was notably absent from proceedings.
Still, Lewis didn't seem phased to be flying solo, grinning broadly for the cameras as he made his way into the hotel, looking tanned from the couple's recent trip to Barcelona.
The lovebirds got together over the summer while on the Channel 5 show, and recently headed off to the Spanish city for a romantic break, and Lewis could well have picked up some more tips on how to keep the 24-year-old happy - especially after she revealed earlier this week she was finding their relationship hard.
She told magazine: “I want things to be as amazing as they were on CBB, but I was being unrealistic because it’s so different outside.
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“I want to keep things private, because I don’t want to give people a reason to talk about us.
“I already get tweets when he’s doing PAs. It’s so stressful.
“Things are still going well between me and Lewis, but I find our relationship really hard, if I’m honest.”
While Marnie was nowhere to be seen, fans of the couple can be reassured that all is well between them, as the brunette posted a cute picture of her and Lewis together on her Instagram page earlier in the day.
In the shot, they can be seen pulling silly faces, which she simply captioned: "BF+GF".
Lewis had to make do with Marnie's cousin Sophie Kasaei for company, with the former Geordie Shore star arriving in a Guns N' Roses lace up T-shirt dress and over the knee black boots.
The evening provided onlookers with an array of reality star faces, as Big Brother star Nikki Grahame also attended, as did Made in Chelsea's Nicola Hughes and Celebrity Big Brother's John McCririck.